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437 dive sites matching “groper”Across Australia
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Yorke Peninsula

Seal Cove (Althorpe Island)

A narrow cove where more than 150 diver-habituated seals play around divers, with two huge friendly blue groper.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Albany & Great Southern

Seal Island (King George Sound)

Sheltered granite reef beside the HMAS Perth with pineapple fish and blue devils – one of Albany's best night dives.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Narooma & Montague Island

Shark Gutters (Montague Island)

Grey nurse sharks in rocky gutters on the northern side of Montague Island, with seals passing through.

Boat (day trip)Up to 35 m
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Merimbula

Short Point (Merimbula)

Easy calm-weather beach dive a few minutes from Merimbula town.

ShoreUp to 12 m
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Jervis Bay

Slot Cave

A 60 m slot into the cliff at 16–18 m with good natural light, soft corals and crustaceans.

BoatUp to 18 m
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Jervis Bay

Smugglers Cave

Huge dog-leg sea cave with an ocean entrance and a sheltered exit into a small bay.

BoatUp to 33 m
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Kangaroo Island

Snug Cove

Walls, gutters and ledges beneath 200 m cliffs on the remote north-west coast, with the Fides wreck nearby.

Shore or BoatUp to 25 m
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Batemans Bay

South Broulee Cave

A shallow shore-dive cave of 60–90 m with multiple openings, resident wobbegongs and summer tropical fish.

ShoreUp to 15 m
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Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

South West Solitary Island (Groper Island)

Extensive plate coral cover and a reputation for unusual fish sightings, in shallow, sheltered water close to the coast.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Geographe Bay & Busselton

Sugarloaf Rock

A dramatic granite landmark with weedy shallows and deeper reef to 22 m, for experienced divers on rare flat days.

Shore or BoatUp to 22 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

TSS Belbowrie wreck (South Maroubra)

Scattered iron and brass from a 1911 timber steamer wrecked in a southerly gale in 1939, on the same point as the Tekapo.

Shore or BoatUp to 8 m
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Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor

The Blowhole (Deep Creek)

An unspoilt, rarely dived rocky coast in Deep Creek Conservation Park, teeming with crayfish, seals and seadragons.

ShoreUp to 12 m
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Jervis Bay

The Boulders (Bowen Island)

A playground of giant boulders with endless crevices on the ocean side of Bowen Island.

BoatUp to 24 m
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Albany & Great Southern

The Cables (Breaksea Island)

Tall granite bommies with large fans and plate corals under Breaksea lighthouse, with resident big blue groper.

Boat (day trip)Up to 28 m
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Batemans Bay

The Canyon (Tollgate Islands)

Easy canyon between two walls right next to the Dragon Rock grey nurse colony.

BoatUp to 15 m
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Yorke Peninsula

The Gap (Marion Bay)

Walls, swim-throughs and a 50 m cave below Innes's famous Gap lookout, with big blue groper and colourful invertebrates.

BoatUp to 15 m
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Batemans Bay

The Maze (Batemans Bay)

Ridges and gutters covered in one of the best deep sponge gardens in NSW.

BoatUp to 30 m
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Kangaroo Island

The Pages

Pristine walls and big fish schools around sea lion islets in the middle of Backstairs Passage.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Central Coast

The Pinnacle (Bateau Bay)

A compact, easily circumnavigated pinnacle off Bateau Bay with good ledges at the sand line - long regarded as one of Terrigal's…

BoatUp to 24 m
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Narooma & Montague Island

The Pinnacles (Montague Island)

Kelp-topped pinnacles dropping into a deep sponge garden at the northern tip of Montague Island.

Boat (day trip)Up to 32 m
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Batemans Bay

The Shotgun (Tollgate Islands)

Ride gentle surge through shallow swim-throughs at the Tollgate Islands, with grey nurse sharks passing.

BoatUp to 18 m
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Sydney Northern Beaches

The Waterfall (North Head)

A sheltered 45-degree boulder slope beneath a cliff spring, coated in sponges and sea fans – the easiest of the North Head sponge…

BoatUp to 22 m
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Hervey Bay & K'gari

Three Ships (Roy Rufus Artificial Reef)

Three historic hulls (Otter, Pelican, Lass O'Gowrie) linked by picket lines at 14-17 m – see all three in one dive.

BoatUp to 17 m
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Batemans Bay

Tiger Reef (Tollgate Islands)

Shallow kelp reef with weedy sea dragons, linked by compass to Occy Point.

BoatUp to 13 m